# Brake fluid question **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [October 11, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293 "2005-10-11T19:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![imported\_silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@imported\_silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_silvia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/1 "2005-10-11T19:10:23Z")
I was wondering approx. how much brake fluid I need to flush and fill my S13? I have no idea if I need 1litre or 6litres?.. And any recomendations? I was thinking of getting some of that blue stuff…I forget the name right now! ---
**Author:** ![Apexi240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Apexi240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Apexi240)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/2 "2005-10-11T20:03:42Z")
If your sucking the lines until nothing but brand new fluid comes out, plus alittle bit of bleeding after that, your looking at at least 3-4 liters. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@imported\_silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_silvia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/3 "2005-10-11T20:11:37Z")
OK thanks! ---
**Author:** ![geniusevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e36b37/32.png) [@geniusevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/geniusevil)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/4 "2005-10-11T21:44:59Z")
litres? are you sure or did you mean 3-4 of those small brake fluid bottles ---
**Author:** ![SRBURG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@SRBURG13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRBURG13)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/5 "2005-10-11T23:02:59Z")
3 brake fluid bottles. It definitely does not take 3 litres of fluid. ---
**Author:** ![Apexi240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Apexi240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Apexi240)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/6 "2005-10-13T20:09:58Z")
> [@SRBURG13](#): > > 3 brake fluid bottles. It definitely does not take 3 litres of fluid. It does if your flushing all four wheels until nothing but pure clean brake fluid comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Apexi240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Apexi240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Apexi240)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/7 "2005-10-13T20:11:34Z")
> [@geniusevil](#): > > litres? are you sure or did you mean 3-4 of those small brake fluid bottles Those are in “ML” and the amount in there is pretty much just about a liter if I remember correctly it’s like 945ML or something, I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![SRBURG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@SRBURG13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRBURG13)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/8 "2005-10-13T20:35:41Z")
Man, i find that very hard to believe. Almost 2 milk cartons full of fluid in the brakes? I just flushed mine out and it was a few hundred ml. ---
**Author:** ![reFOCUSing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@reFOCUSing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reFOCUSing)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/9 "2005-10-14T13:11:59Z")
I used 1.5L when I did my brake conversion. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@imported\_silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_silvia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/10 "2005-10-14T13:40:12Z")
did you use 1.5L to bleed the fronts or all 4 corners? ---
**Author:** ![geniusevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e36b37/32.png) [@geniusevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/geniusevil)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/11 "2005-10-14T13:51:23Z")
pick up 4 bottles,thats all you will need even 3 will get you by ---
**Author:** ![SRBURG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@SRBURG13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRBURG13)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/12 "2005-10-14T15:23:50Z")
> [@geniusevil](#): > > pick up 4 bottles,thats all you will need > > even 3 will get you by That’s what I’ve been told too when i grabbed the Motul stuf. ---
**Author:** ![Nis240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@Nis240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nis240)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/13 "2005-10-14T17:07:33Z")
I removed my Abs actaltor and drained the master cylinder when i painted my engine bay. All the fluid leaked out and i had to bleed and flush the whole sysytem and it only took me a 1 litre…so i dont know why you would need 4 liters of break fluid ---
**Author:** ![RS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RS13)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/14 "2005-10-14T18:02:05Z")
> [@Nis240](#): > > 4 liters of break fluid Beer??? ---
**Author:** ![imported\_silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@imported\_silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_silvia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/15 "2005-10-14T18:07:55Z")
Boy, this is confusing! 1-4 litres, that doesn’t really narrow the field down to much!! Ahh well, thanks for your opinions guys. I am thinking of getting either motul 600 or ATE super blue. Anyone else have any opinions on these or others? Where is a good place to pick them up? What kind of price do you think I should expect? ---
**Author:** ![RS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RS13)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/16 "2005-10-14T18:10:56Z")
I paid 17.00/500ml of motul 600. Doing a whole flush it took me 1 bottle but i flushed with 2 litres of new Valvoline cheap brake fluid. Flush- cheapest around, and what ever stays in the system use the good stuff ---
**Author:** ![silvia\_s13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@silvia\_s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvia_s13)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/17 "2005-10-14T21:53:36Z")
Just buy 10Ltrs and return what you dont use. :idea ---
**Author:** ![imported\_silvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@imported\_silvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_silvia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/18 "2005-10-14T22:12:18Z")
HAHA!! I would but I live 500km’s away from any performance parts shops. So I would like to keep my estimates somewhat accurate! I have read elsewhere that it shouldn’t take my more than 2litres to fill the system. So I think I will pickup 2litres of good stuff and a litre of crappy stuff to run through first, just to clean all the old stuff out! ---
**Author:** ![silvia\_s13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@silvia\_s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvia_s13)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-fluid-question/140293/19 "2005-10-14T22:34:31Z")
^^Good plan stan!